The IARS Channel encourages and stimulates ongoing anesthesia-related research projects that will enhance and advance the specialty, and disseminates current, state-of-the art, basic and clinical research data in all areas of clinical anesthesia, including perioperative medicine, critical care, and pain management. The IARS Channel focuses on the advancement and support of education and scientific research related to anesthesiology. The IARS Channel provides a forum for anesthesiology leaders to share information and ideas; sponsors the SmartTots initiative in partnership with the FDA; and publishes the monthly Anesthesia & Analgesia journal in print and online as well as the clinical companion journal A&A Practice.